Pickle Color

#85a16a

Pickle is calm, warm-toned shade of yellow green. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm blue, mid red or blue cyan

Inverse Color #7a5e95
Complementary Color #856aa1
Color Shade: yellow green (90.55° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 52.35% (better contrasting with white)
Pickle Color Sample
Pickle Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #85a16a

If you're looking for a similar yellow green shade, there are some better alternatives to Pickle Color. The Bright Forest color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool yellow bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Snip of Parsley (#718854) for more energetic effect. Try Tsurubami Green as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#856aa1 is the best complementary color to Pickle. Warm blue shades generally complement the yellow green hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #85a16a complementary color is Kimberly, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid yellow, yellow green, and warm green colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Asparagus are #a0a16a and #6aa16a. Thus found on the left and right of #85a16a on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Green Smoke and Aqua Forest colors as they work well with Pickle.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Pickle palette consists of #a16aa0 and #6a6aa1 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#856aa1). Try Strikemaster and Kimberly colors in combination with #85a16a, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.

Triadic Palette

The triadic palette of #85a16a offers a combination of red magenta and blue cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Pickle. Thus Strikemaster and Bermuda Gray giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Pickle contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Kimberly, Gothic, and Coral Tree split by 90° on the color wheel. #85a16a square combo is a palette of yellow green, mid cyan, warm blue and mid red shades that work together well.

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Pickle tetradic combo consists of warm blue complementary color (#856aa1) and two others. The Bermuda Gray is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Sandal – 120° from the complementary Kimberly. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #6a85a1 and #a1866a.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #85a16a is made of 33% red, 40% green and 27% blue. In a HSL mode Pickle has a hue angle of 90.55°, a saturation of 22.63% and a lightness of 52.35%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #85a16a is made of 10.98% cyan, 0% magenta, 21.57% yellow and 36.86% black ink.

HEX #85a16a
RGB Decimal rgb(133,161,106)
RGB Percentage 33%, 40%, 27%
CMYK 10.98, 0, 21.57, 36.86
HSL hsl(90.55,22.63%,52.35%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(90.55,34.16%,63.14%)
CIE-LAB lab(62.9416,-19.824,25.5324)
XYZ xyz(25.0193,31.5169,18.4004)
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